Cycnorhamphus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Cycnorhamphus lived during the Late Jurassic and resided in Europe. The first Cycnorhamphus fossil was discovered in 1870.
Quick facts about Cycnorhamphus:
- Existed from 155.7 million years ago to Tithonian Age
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a piscivore
- Could fly
- Had a body mass of approximately 1142 g
- 3 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Cycnorhamphus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- G. Dietl and G. Schweigert. 2011. Im Reich der Meerengel. Der Nusplinger Plattenkalk und seine Fossilien.. Munich: Dr. Friedrich Pfeil.
- G. Münster. 1838. Planche VII. Limules fossiles des couches supérieures du Jura. In J. Van der Hoeven (ed.), Recherches sur l'Histoire Naturelle et l'Anatomie des Limules
- P. Wellnhofer. 1970. Die Pterodactyloidea (Pterosauria) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Süddeutschlands [The Pterydactyloidea (Pterosauria) of the Upper Jurassic plattenkalks of southern Germany]. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse Abhandlungen, Neue Folge 141:1-133
